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| | There is a style common to many [[atheists]], including: | | There is a style common to many [[atheists]], including: |
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| − | # a general disbelief of almost anything unseen, such as [[love]] and the [[invisible hand]] | + | # a general disbelief of unseen and unquantifiable concepts, such as [[love]], intrinsic beauty, integrity and (in [[economics]]) the [[invisible hand]] |
| | # a belief that [[atheist]]s are smarter than those with [[faith]] | | # a belief that [[atheist]]s are smarter than those with [[faith]] |
| | + | # a belief that humans are smarter today than 100 and 1000 years ago |
| | # a view that most of science is known and understood, in contrast to [[Isaac Newton]]'s view that little is understood | | # a view that most of science is known and understood, in contrast to [[Isaac Newton]]'s view that little is understood |
| − | # a view that each generation of humans is smarter that, or at least as smart as, the generation before
| + | # a disbelief of intrinsic beauty, and a belief in relativism in many forms |
| − | # a disbelief of intrinsic beauty | |
| | # a focus on [[materialism]] | | # a focus on [[materialism]] |
| − | # a pessimistic view of life | + | # a generally pessimistic or depressed view of life |
| | # among scientists, a belief in never-detected [[graviton]]s, [[black holes]], [[dark matter]], [[super strings]] | | # among scientists, a belief in never-detected [[graviton]]s, [[black holes]], [[dark matter]], [[super strings]] |
| | # a belief in never-detected life in outer space | | # a belief in never-detected life in outer space |
| − | # a religious-like devotion to newspapers, [[public school]]s and the [[Nobel Prize]] for credibility | + | # belief in the [[Nobel Prize]], universites and newspapers as oracles of truth |
| − | # a reliance on [[hearsay]] and a perception (often wrong) of what most people think | + | # overreliance on [[hearsay]] and a perception (often wrong) of what most people think |
| | + | # an insistence on censoring prayer from the classrom |
| | [[category:religion]] | | [[category:religion]] |